Alison O’Connor and Tara Flynn take a scalpel to some of the week’s stories with Kathy Sheridan

#MeToo seems in danger of dissolving into futile, inter-generational warfare between people who are supposed to be on the same side. What a shame

The actor knows all about standing up for his principles. Can he take that to Westminster?

Kevin Myers is sacked only now but had said far worse about the Catholic Church

Jenni Murray’s claim that trans women are not real women saw her given a warning by her employer the BBC

Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female

Denying a platform to those who disagree with you drives dissent underground

Today’s alt-righters and SJWs have far more in common than they care to know

Men with testosterone deficiency can also experience hot flushes due to andropause

How to be Man: Anthea McTeirnan counts the ways why we love men

Men can also go through a hard time in their 50s but doctors do not blame a male menopause

Fear of the follicle is rampant in the pages of lifestyle magazines

About 36% of people younger than 40 years have at least one tattoo

From her roles on The Fast Show to acerbic interviewer Mrs Merton, the comedian had a memorable way with words

This debut novel is a razor-sharp, mordantly funny look at self-induced starvation

Political beardies of the election? The bookish Gerry Adams and maritime James Reilly

The average time it took a man to approach a woman in a bar directly related to the height of their heel

Oisín Tymon wrong to claim “lazy Irish c***” remark was ethnically motivated

Twin relics of an age of bogus sophistication have finally started to move with the times

The influential author – now 76 – has chosen the restoration of an Australian rainforest as her personal legacy project. The passion she puts into it is familiar from ‘The Female Eunuch’, as is her provocative approach

I prefer to walk tall in a pair of scruffy old Converse

Baby’s status as fourth in line to the British throne should give her an extra 11 years on her peers

At 81, the British artist is gaining recognition by avoiding artifice and artiness

Brought to Book Q&A: Former Bafta CEO on her favourite authors and writing her own novels

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans

In college I knew priests who smoked pipes and shot pheasants, priests who would drink all night long, and chaplains who slept with teachers

Tony Parsons was an angry young gunslinger at ‘NME’, then had huge success with his novel ‘Man and Boy’. Now he’s a crime writer – and has just voted for Ukip. Why?

Bloggers Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett didn’t intend to get involved in the fourth wave of feminism, but two years after launching Vagenda, they are on a mission

Gay Byrne’s ‘Meaning of Life’ inspires while ‘Blurred Lines’ explores disturbing trends in social media

In his revealing new documentary ‘Utopia’, distinguished journalist John Pilger paints a bleak picture of life for the aboriginal people of his native Australia

A sprawling narrative from the 19th-century has taken the last Booker prize of its kind

Strong women grab Kells by the book

The Hay Festival at Kells is a bright new chapter in the life of the Co Meath town

Hay festival, Irish Derby, West Cork and Westport festivals amongst the highlights